Senior Counsel

Dallas

Office: 972.392.8900

tbrannen@buchalter.com

Bar Admissions

Texas

Overview

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Tatianna Brannen is a Senior Counsel in the Firm’s Dallas office and a member of the Construction practice group.

Ms. Brannen is a construction litigation attorney based in Dallas. Her practice focuses on representing owners, general contractors, and specialty trade partners in construction litigation, complex commercial disputes, and arbitration proceedings.

Ms. Brannen has experience managing matters from inception through trial and arbitration, including pleadings, discovery, depositions, motion practice, mediations, appellate briefing, and post-trial motions. She has represented clients in disputes involving a variety of legal issues, including breach of contract, fraud, construction defects and delays, breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference, shareholder disputes, and insurance coverage claims.

Clients rely on Ms. Brannen for practical, detail-oriented advocacy in high-stakes matters. She has served as a primary attorney and client point of contact on active disputes, taken and defended party and expert depositions, worked closely with defect, delay, and damages experts, argued dispositive motions, and helped secure early case resolutions through favorable rulings on the pleadings. Ms. Brannen background includes work on multi-party construction disputes exceeding $100 million in controversy.

  • Participated in a trial team representing parties in $100 million multi-party construction dispute involving complex delay and defect claims.
  • Handled AAA arbitrations concerning construction defects, scope disputes, and delay damages.
  • Represented clients in commercial fraud and breach of fiduciary duty actions.
  • Represented clients in insurance coverage disputes arising from construction-related claims.
  • Obtained relief from the automatic stay in bankruptcy court to pursue state court claims to judgment.
  • Provided advanced legal assistance with trial and arbitration, including drafting opening statements, closing arguments, jury instructions, motions in limine, judgments, and post-trial motions.

Admissions

  • Texas
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Education

  • Baylor University School of Law, J.D.
    • Deans List
    • Baylor National Sports Law Negotiation Competition Team
    • Baylor Law School Native American Law Student Association, Secretary
    • Relevant coursework: Construction Law, Business Law Bootcamp, Basic Mediation Training
  • Robert Morris University, B.A., English, magna cum laude
    • NCAA Division | Track and Field Team, Scholarship Athlete and Captain

  • Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch®, 2024, 2025, 2026, and 2027 editions
  • Rated by Super Lawyers: Rising Stars, 2026

  • Dallas Bar Association Construction Law Section (2019 – present)
  • American Bar Association Forum on Construction Law (2023 – present)
  • TEXO Executive Development Partners (2026)
  • Dallas Bar Association Construction Law Section Council, Young Lawyer Representative (2022 – 2023)
  • TEXO Young Constructors Council (2020 – 2023)

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